Silverchair

Press

16-03-2006

Gaelic Theatre (Short Elvis Show) - Sydney, Australia

Silverchair returned to the
stage with a bang. The band, billing themselves as "Short Elvis" (the name they had
before they were called Innocent Criminals) rocked the Gaelic Theatre in
Sydney.

Exclusively for chairpage
visitors we have the setlist and photos:

THE MAN THAT KNEW
TOO MUCH (working title)
GREATEST VIEW
WORLD UPON YOUR SHOULDERS
EMOTION SICKNESS
WITHOUT YOU
SLEEP ALL DAY (working title)
TUNA
IN THE BRINE
LUV YOUR LIFE
PAINT PASTEL PRINCESS
ACROSS THE NIGHT
STRAIGHT LINES (working title)
ANA’S SONG
MIND READER (working
title)
THE DOOR
LEVER
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IF YOU KEEP LOSING SLEEP
(working title)

By LUKE

It was an
incredible gig the other thursday night!! Nothing short of what I expected
really for a "warm-up gig?". You all looked like you were really enjoyed playing
together again live, and with a great crowd bar one stupid fuck, the night was
awesome!!

The photo that i captured
here with everyone jamming just about sums up how special that gig was for
myself & my 2 sisters. First chair gig was UTS stomp ( so long ago ) & I
have enjoyed your jouney so far..

Motts shots look great as usual but
this was the "Greatest View" I got.

By LUCY

hey everyone - was great to
see you on thursday. you all looked so happy to be playing together, and these
shots capture this. see you at the escape-keep smiling. lucy x

By RIANNON
(DarkShines)

Short Elvis at the Gaelic
Theatre 16/3/06

The queue took a while to
build up, not as many people getting there early as epected. But the atmosphere
was certainly growing, a small handful of us ticketless dying to get in, hoping
that the odd chance of someone selling tickets would come along, the tension
between us few was quite bad at times, as we all wanted in, but were not sure if
all would.

I managed to find my way
backstage before the doors opened and met paul mac and Chris and 2 ladies who
put me on the guest list, so i was completely stoked by that. As the doors
opened and the line began to go in, there was an amazing feeling, just walking
though those doors was complete bliss, entering a dark small world, with a small
stage, it truly was surreal. As the crowd filed in, it slowly grew to fill the
room, as the guest DJ began to play later on, it only made the crowd grow more
anxious to see their favourite band play. It was a rare chance and something
we'd all been dying to see. As the DJ ended his set and the band took charge of
the stage, you knew it was going to be a night to remember. The mood was set the
timing awesome! and basically a really good crowd.

Opening up with "the man who
knew too much" was very brave i thought, but was an appropriate way of showing
us the begining of a new era of the chair. The setlist was great, it really
suited the venue and showcased all the different genres of silverchair. The mood
was perfect, the band played brilliantly, was sooo much better than expected.
Hearing the new spin on the songs was truly refreshing, with Daniel manipulating
the sound of his voice yet again, with a more nasal texture, but some how
suiting the songs better than ever. The new tracks went off really well,
quenching the emotions that had been building up over prolonged periods of
craving new matterial from the band.

The energy between the three
of them accompanied by Paul Mac was somethign that i truly missed, just watching
them muck about on stage throwing glances at each other truly made the night
more enjoyable, the fact that you knew they were having an awesome time up there
was reflected in the crowd. The new tracks played; "The Man who knew too Much",
Straight Lines", "Mind Reader", Sleep All Day", "If You Keep Losing Sleep", are
definitlely more raw with a great groove to them.

The energy that they've
captured with these truly make me excited for the next album. The band have
harnessed each element of the band to the best of their ability showcasing some
extremely catchy melodies, great bass lines, empowering drums and brilliant
guitar work. It all works together perfectly. It's definitely a rockier side to
the band, but not to be mixed with their earlier grunge/rock roots, this is a
new spin on it, with an obviously happier feel to the music. Nice to see that
the band are doing what they love again! it was missed. The show ended, and I
was left in a state of pleasure and amazement, my favourite band had returned
better than ever, chattier than ever, and all in all, well worth the wait!
thanks Silverchair for the night of my life! I will never forget
it!

By ASHLEY

Short Elvis at the Gaelic
Club, Surry Hills

The doors of the club opened
about 7.30 pm. There was a bit of a line up but the ladies on the door were
quick and organised so it all moved very quickly and pretty soon there were
people gathering inside the club. It was a heaps good venue – cosy and intimate
– and everyone there seemed to be in a good mood. Until about 8 pm everyone was
just standing around, having a drink and chatting but you could feel the buzz
start to pick up around 8. People moved towards the stage to get in a good spot
for the show and most people were enjoying the DJ (who was really good!). While
we were waiting a few people caught glimpses of the boys hanging out upstairs
with friends and family which created even more of a buzz and people were
getting a bit restless waiting for them to come on.

At about 9.10 pm or so
Silverchair finally came onstage and everyone in the audience went wild. They
opened with a new song, “The man that knew too much” which was hard coz no one
could sing along, but you could tell everyone was pretty keen to hear some new
stuff so it went down well. I know I was anxious to hear the new stuff to see
what direction Silverchair were headed with this new album and I wasn’t
disappointed! I thought the new stuff had a really good sound and feel and was
a bit heavier than some of their more recent stuff which was good news for those
of us who’ve been around since Frogstomp… (despite how Daniel refused to play
anything from Frogstomp for the old timer who bought him a drink!)

The old stuff was as good as
ever, they sounded like they’ve been practicing pretty hard coz they were really
tight as a band. The highlight for me was probably when they played The Door
coz that is one of my old faves and the crowd absolutely loved it! Daniel even
noticed how stoked everyone got when they played it, saying “you guys are so
happy!” which we were! I also really enjoyed the newy “Mind Reader”.

Like other people with
reviews have said, it was really good to see how much the guys seemed to enjoy
being there. They were all grinning at each other throughout the show and
seemed to have missed playing together as a band which was really good for us to
all see!

It was an awesome show which
didn’t have too many indications of a “warm-up” at all besides the small size of
the venue, which I thought was definitely a good thing! I think everyone who
got tickets was privileged to see the great show we got that night, and as Tom
Williams said after the show: “The ‘chair are back!”